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Why do you think that United States and Mexico came to wage war on each other?​

Why do you think that United States and Mexico came to wage war on each other?​-example-1
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They both wanted land around California and Texas.

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The Mexican army attacked them. The main cause of the war was the westward expansion of the United States. All through the 19th century Americans believed it was their right to expand westward. At the time they believed they could conquer the people already living on the land and take it for the United States.
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